The Wilmingtonian., 1887-06-11
Literary Notes.

The June WIDE-AwAKE has tempting
frontispiece "The first day at the Beach,"
to keep company with the frontispiece, is a
delightful pictorial vacation paper, by
Amanda B. Harris, "Down in Sandwich
Town, full of "reminiscences of Daniel Web
ster and the famous salt marshes, old inns,
early Massachusetts, history, and with 1t all
the Sandwich glass works. But the great
feature of the number is, Of course, the open
arg q tie new serial BY Chazles Egbert
Craddock; "The Story of Keedon Bluffs"
was designed for ten numbers, but it has
been resolved to give the story entire in five
or six numbers; consequently fourteen pages
are devoted to it in this issue the most be-
witching of little girls, "Rosamondy, makes
her entrance, and pair of striking figures
stand out already-two soldiers in the civil
war, the deserter and the blind artilleryman.
Mrs. Mollie Moore Davis in her "La Rose
Blanche" story, ga New Dog" gives
graphic picture of great crevasse in war
times, when only the women and negroes of
the plantation were left to fight the wild
muddy waters, and bears and raccoons and
alligators made themselves at home in the
houses, and all went to and fro in boats. Miss
Quincy in her "Fairy Folk Alp writes of
little "Water-People;" Grace Denio Litch-
field writes an account of her experience at
Mentone in the late earthquake; Mrs. Par
sons in "Patty's Cabbages" tells true
story of the western grasshopper plague and
how little girl began her fortune; Mr..
Hopkins in "a Young Prince of Commerce"
tells how young bank president got his
first instructions, Mr.. Holder describes some
"Brd Sentnels'' Susan Powers tells the
girls how to make summer cottage cosey
and restful; Mrs. Bolton writes Of the sue
cess Of woman-forist in Ohio; and Mrs.
A. D, t. Whitney, Mrs, Harriet Prescott
Spofford, Clinton Schollard and Gertrude
Hall have verses. WIDE AWAKE is s2.40a
year. d. Lothrop Company, publishers,
Boston.
Among the holiday pamphlets specially
published for travellers is the 'Twins Of the
Alleghenes, Deer Park and Oakland" The
book is beautifully illustrated and will no
doubt afford pleasant, readable wade
necum for tourists who propose an investi-
CATION Of these two secluded delights of the
Alleghenies.
1t may be added that the season opens
June 90, at those hotels and will continue
until about October /.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
issues round-trip, low-rate, summer-excur-
sion tickets, good to return until October
81, which will be on sale at all its Offices
Mr.. De Shields, manager of Deer Park and
Oakland hotels, may be addressed at the
Queen City Hotel, Cumberland, Md, until
June 10, and after that date at Deer Park,
Diagrams of the hotels, with full explans-
tious of the location Of rooms will be exhib-
tied by him to all applicants, thus facilitat
ing the selection of accommodations.
Outsiders frequently wonder where the
railroads obtain proper return for some of
the ingenious but costly methods adopted in
advertising their lines. One of the latest to
attract sul attention is a nicely bound "a
page book entitled, 'What to Do" contain
ing description and the correct rules Of
large number of games suitable for parlor or
| lawn, which has been issued by the Passen-
ger Department of the st. Paul, Minneapolis
& Manitoba Railway, and will, we under
stand be forwarded postpaid upon receipt
of s cents by @. II. Warren, General Passen-
ger Agent, at st. Paul. 1t is book that
would ornament almost any table and inter-
est both old aud young